Stereoscopic Kiosk for Virtual Museum

Abstract

In this paper, we present a stereoscopic kiosk for virtual museum, which combines techniques of stereoscopic displays, image-based rendering, virtual reality, and augmented reality. In our kiosk system, artifacts are presented as object movies, and can be integrated with both image-based panoramas and geometry-based scenes for constructing virtual museum. Two display devices are used in the kiosk: one is a touch screen, and the other is a stereoscopic display. Through the touch screen, the users can arbitrarily navigate in the virtual museum, select artifacts, and interactively view the detail information of the selected artifact. Once an artifact on the touch screen is selected, the stereoscopic object movie of the selected artifact will be synchronously shown in the stereoscopic display, which can provide the user a better experience in browsing 3D artifact.